Bowden
Bowden v. State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 EDWARD BOWDEN, No. 2:18-cv-02062 WBS AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING JUDGMENT ON
THE PLEADINGS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Defendants. 17 ----oo0oo---- Plaintiff Edward Bowden brought this civil rights action against, inter alia, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) for failing to provide him with adequate medical care pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. (Docket No. 1.) CDCR now moves for judgment on the pleadings under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(c). (Docket No. 28.) Plaintiff did not file an opposition to CDCR’s motion. The standard for assessing a Rule 12(c) motion for judgment on the pleadings is “substantially identical to [the] analysis under Rule 12(b)(6).” Chavez v. United States, 683 F.3d 1102, 1108 (9th Cir. 2012); see also U.S. ex rel. Cafasso v. Gen. Dynamics C4…